Some of you might now about Luca, the gelding I got for free when he was 5 years old. Well, I have been wondering...

In Luca's sale ad, it stated that he was black.however when I posted some pics on the HF, some members told me he was brown. Now, the farrier (who's also a horse owner) told me that Luca is actually a genuine black horse and that he's quite rare! Who should I believe??? Here is Luca.

My guess is that he's either brown or fading black because he looks like he is definitely NOT a true black horse. The farrier thinks fading black because his legs are pure black right now. Umm....aren't they black in brown horses too? I don't know...What do you think???

farmpony84

01-14-2013 04:31 PM

I'm going with bay.

NdAppy

01-14-2013 04:50 PM

He's a brown that is really, really prone to sunfading by the looks of him.

Brown without a doubt. He doesnt look like a black in any of the photos

verona1016

01-14-2013 06:26 PM

I'm going to agree with brown. If he were black he'd actually look black at some point in the year (when a new coat grew in, before it had a chance to fade). I can understand the mix up in his summer coat, since he's still quite dark but loses a lot of the "mealy"ness around his eyes/muzzle.

You're right that the legs aren't a good way to tell- they could be pure black in a bunch of non-black horse colors.

DraftyAiresMum

01-14-2013 06:37 PM

Brown for sure.

The way I, personally, tell if a horse is brown or not is of they change color with the seasons. One of my best friends has a black quarab gelding. He is always black, whether outside, inside, winter or summer. My best friend has what we thought was a dark bay Arab gelding, but it has since been determined that he is indeed brown. He's never the same color two seasons in a row. Add to that that his soft points (armpit, inner thigh, etc) are lighter than the rest of him and you have a brown horse.Posted via Mobile Device